Gazprom confirms delay of deal to buy stake from TNK-BP in Kovykta gas field

摘要

Moscow-Russian gas giant Gazprom has confirmed that a deal to buy a controlling stake from TNK-BP in the giant Kovykta gas field in eastern Siberia has been postponed indefinitely.The deal was first announced in 2007, but its delay was confirmed in a new Gazprom bond issue prospectus.It follows comments by BP CEO Tony Hay-ward in February, who said that the deal was "probably in the deep freeze."